'Must love dogs'..the art world au courant 14.06.2011

Source:  The Independent Review

Canaletto painted loads of dogs and this is duly noted in a new book by Don Thompson in which he talks about how painting pets and 'loved' animals increased (and does to this day) the 'value' of the work. The breed of dog, he observes, determines the value of a painting. A pure bred animal, pictured traditionally in a painting meant it was worth more than a depiction of a mongrel, etc.,


David Nash, a present day N.Y. art dealer has a rule for animals in art. 'Cows never do well. Never.'


'Cows are so passe

darling. So Victorian.

So, well, yesterday.'